Object Removal

Introduction

Our project analyzes object removal from images in depth. Object removal is a generic term that describes manipulating images to accentuate or hide specific aspects of the image. Some of the applications of object removal include removing a person from an image altogether, removing an object that is occluding the primary point of interest, removing scratches/distortions from images for the purposes of image restoration, or even removing text that has been superimposed on the image. There are quite a few techniques that have being employed to accomplish this task, each having it’s own benefits and drawbacks. In this project, our goal was to explore two of these techniques, specifically exemplar-based inpainting and seam carving.